of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



IX 



X ecu . 



\x<AiLjL L/x y • 







Cwts. 



£ 



1904 . 



. 753,700 



361,200 



1905 . 



. 735,654 



348,610 



1906 . 



. 688,057 



349,521 



1907 . 



. 635,601 



349,041 



1908 . 



. 824,684 



379,079 



1909 . 



. 810.519 



352,552 



1910 . 



. 866,567 



388,363 



1911 . 



. 952,208 



426,719 



1912 . 



. 939,107 



434,187 



1913 . 



. 754,309 



400,626 



1914 . 



. 757,621 



445,139 



Persons Employed. 



The number of persons employed in the fisheries of Scotland and 

 the various industries subsidiary thereto in the year 1914 was 87,119. 

 Of these, 37,594 manned the fishing fleet, 16,068 were gutters and 

 packers of herrings, 11,211 were engaged in the carrying trade, and 

 the remainder were engaged in other operations connected with the 

 fishing industry. 



Intelligence. 



The Board's system of official telegraphic information between 

 ports at which a herring fishing is in progress was begun in a tentative 

 way in the year 1895. Last year the number of telegrams issued was 

 3836. 



The telegrams are despatched daily at noon by the Board's Fishery 

 Officers from their own ports to every other port in Scotland at which 

 a herring fishing is then going on, and in the event of additional in- 

 formation of value becoming known later in the day a second telegram 

 is despatched. Upon receipt they are exhibited publicly at the 

 fishmarkets and other public places, where they can readily be seen by 

 all concerned. 



The points on which the telegrams give information are (1) number 

 of arrivals of herring boats, (2) average catch per boat, (3) quality of 

 the fish, (4) range of prices, (5) position of chief fishing grounds, and 

 (6) nature of wind and weather. Duplicates of all these telegrams 

 are at the same time sent to the Head Office in Edinburgh. 



At the end of each week telegi'ams are sent by each District Officer 

 to the Board giving the catch for the week, the quantity cured, 

 the number of barrels branded under each brand, the quantity 

 exported, and the countries to which exported. This information is 



